Every woman’s postpartum recovery timeline is unique. Your healing is shaped by your birth experience, hormones (you can read more in hormones post birth), sleep, feeding challenges, and the emotional shifts of early motherhood (you may relate to this woman’s...
Pregnancy is a transformative journey, and along with the emotional and physical shifts, many women notice surprising changes in their hair. While it might look luscious during pregnancy, postpartum hair loss is a reality for most new mothers—and yes, it can feel...
Bringing a baby into the world is a life-changing experience, but let’s be real—what happens inside our bodies post-birth can feel like a wild ride. If you’re feeling weepy, exhausted, or just off, you’re not imagining it. Postpartum hormonal shifts are real, and they...
Postpartum depression is the most common psychiatric complication of childbirth. Postpartum depression, or PPD, affects 1 in 7 women and is under-diagnosed and under-treated. It has negative effects for women, families and children. This article will discuss who is at...
Traditional Chinese Medicine and many Eastern cultures emphasize warm foods during the postpartum period. During childbirth you lose a lot of heat and energy, leaving your body in a cold state that needs to be rebalanced. Warm and easy to digest foods as well as...
